Coronavirus in India: Covid-19 tally in India crosses the 70-lakh mark with a spike of 74,383 new cases and 918 deaths reported in the last 24 hours.Total case tally stands at 70,53,807 including 8,67,496 active cases, 60,77,977 cured/discharged/migrated cases and 1,08,334 deaths, according to the data provided by the Union Health Ministry. Also Read|From Oxford University To Covaxin, Trials For Covid-19 Vaccine Continue In India; Know Latest Updates India's recovery rate increased marginally to 86.2 per cent, death rate stood steady at 1.5 per cent and the daily positivity rate increased marginally to 6.9 per cent as more than 10.7 lakh tests were conducted in 24 hours. As per the government's "test, track and treat" policy more than 8.5 crore tests have been conducted in India till now, the Health Ministry tweeted. India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, and 40 lakh on September 5. It went past 50 lakh on September 16 and crossed 60 lakh on September 28.

State-Wise Covid Tally

Maharashtra's coronavirus case tally on Saturday increased to 15,17,434 with 11,416 new cases being reported, said a health official. The state also reported 308 deaths during the day, which took the death toll to 40,040, he said. In the highest single-day surge of COVID-19 cases, Kerala on Saturday reported 11,755 fresh infections and 23 new fatalities, taking the caseload to 2,77,855 and death toll to 978. For the first time on Wednesday, the state had breached the 10,000 mark in a single day with10,606 cases. The coronavirus infections in Karnataka breached the seven lakh mark with 10,517 fresh cases on Saturday whereas 102 fatalities took the death toll to 9,891. The COVID-19 death toll in Uttar Pradesh rose to 6,353 on Saturday with 60 more fatalities, while 3,099 fresh cases took the infection tally in the state to 4,33,712, officials said. The number of active COVID-19 cases has seen a continuous fall and it has now come down to 40,210, Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Amit Mohan Prasad said. Confirmed cases of coronavirus crossed the 7.50 lakh mark in Andhra Pradesh as 5,653 infections were added afresh on Saturday. The national capital recorded 48 more COVID-19 fatalities on Saturday, taking the death toll to 5,740, while 2,866 fresh cases took the infection tally to over 3.06 lakh, authorities said. India is the second worst-hit nation in terms of Covid-19 cases after the US, and at the third spot in terms of fatalities globally after the US and Brazil, according to John Hopkins data.